Table 3.  Number of injuries, injury incidence (95% CI), given by injury localisation. Absence (mean number of weeks and days with standard deviations) was only registered for acute injuries.
 

Overall

Acute

Overuse

Anatomic
localisation

Injuries
(n)

Injury incidence
(n/1,000h)

Injuries
(n)

Injury incidence
(n/1,000h)

Absence
(weeks &days)

Injuries
(n)

Injury incidence
(n/1,000h)

Ankle

34

1.5 (1.0 – 2.0)

34

1.5 (1.0 – 2.0)

2w 5d (3w 0d)

-

-

Knee

52

2.3 (1.6 – 3.9)

18

0.8 (0.4 – 1.1)

7w 2d (9w 1d)

34

1.5 (1.0 – 2.0)

Other LE 1

42

1.8 (1.3 - 2.4)

19

0.8 (0.4 – 1.2)

3w 4d (7w 2d)

23

1.0 (0.6 – 1.4)

Fingers

22

0.9 (0.6 – 1.4)

22

0.9 (0.6 – 1.4)

0w 6d (1w 3d)

-

-

Other UE 2

15

0.7 (0.3 – 1.0)

11

0.5 (0.2 – 0.8)

2w 1d (2w 5d)

4

0.1 (0.0 – 0.3)

Head & Face

18

0.8 (0.4 – 1.1)

18

0.8 (0.4 – 1.1)

0w 5d (0w 6d)

-

-

Back

28

1.3 (0.8 – 1.7)

14

0.6 (0.3 – 0.9)

1w 6d (1w 0d)

14

0.6 (0.3 – 0.9)

Other/unknown

15

0.7 (0.3 – 1.0)

3

0.1 (-0.0 – 0.3)

0w 4d (0w 0d)

12

0.5 (0.2 - 0.8)

Total

226

9.8 (8.5 – 11.1)

139

6.0 (5.0 – 7.0)

2w 5d (5w 1d)

87

3.8 (3.0 – 4.6)
Abbreviations: LE = lower extremity, UE = upper extremity, w = weeks, d = days